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as in parasite
a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return
the union accused the company executives of being bloodsuckers, since they had given themselves raises at a time when the rank and file were forced to take cuts in their benefits
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as in vampire
a person who habitually preys upon others
a sleazy lawyer who had a reputation for being a shyster, an ambulance chaser, and an all-around bloodsucker
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Recent Examples of bloodsucker
Oh, and a trio of baddie bloodsuckers from another coven are also interested in taking a bite.
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Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Feb. 2026
This Reagan-era standout brought the over-the-top gore but also plenty of camp in a coming-of-age story with teens becoming bloodsuckers.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Dress as your own unique bloodsucker and paint the Alameda Elks Lodge red.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
With all of that in play, the vampire may seem hardly necessary, but Jones uses his unique spin on the bloodsucker to trace the hard legacy of Manifest Destiny and the excavation of Indigenous American culture.
—Neil McRobert, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
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Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Feb. 2026
This Reagan-era standout brought the over-the-top gore but also plenty of camp in a coming-of-age story with teens becoming bloodsuckers.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Dress as your own unique bloodsucker and paint the Alameda Elks Lodge red.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
With all of that in play, the vampire may seem hardly necessary, but Jones uses his unique spin on the bloodsucker to trace the hard legacy of Manifest Destiny and the excavation of Indigenous American culture.
—Neil McRobert, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodsucker
Noun
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There's something a little different about these particular parasites, however.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
1 May 2026
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Flea larvae eat tapeworm eggs, and as the flea matures, the parasite develops inside it.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Beyond that, non-phantom, non-Dracula vampires aren’t terribly over-exposed in the Broadway genre.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Mariclare Costello, a lifetime member of The Actors Studio who recurred as the schoolteacher Rosemary Hunter on The Waltons and played a hippie vampire in the cult horror film Let’s Scare Jessica to Death, died April 17 in Brooklyn, her family announced.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Was this how a predator self-vanishes?—
Chang-rae Lee,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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And always the Ryce family was there, front and center, holding each other up, in a national crusade to protect children from predators.—
Amy Driscoll,
Miami Herald,
3 May 2026
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“Bloodsucker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodsucker. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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